Sunday, December 25, 2011

Sea Gull Lighting 14101S-14 LED Surface Mount Downlight 4500K, White Finish

!±8± Sea Gull Lighting 14101S-14 LED Surface Mount Downlight 4500K, White Finish


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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Kichler Lighting 15087AZT 12-Volt Low Voltage Mini Accent Down Light with Stainless Steel Screen, Textured Architectural Bronze

!±8±Kichler Lighting 15087AZT 12-Volt Low Voltage Mini Accent Down Light with Stainless Steel Screen, Textured Architectural Bronze

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From Kichler's outdoor lighting collection, this low voltage accent landscape light features aluminum construction and comes in a textured architectural bronze finish. Install this surface-mount outdoor accent light on a structure or tree.

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Sea Gull Lighting 14100S-962 LED Surface Mount Downlight 3000K, Brushed Nickel Finish

!±8±Sea Gull Lighting 14100S-962 LED Surface Mount Downlight 3000K, Brushed Nickel Finish

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Friday, December 2, 2011

Facts About LED Bulbs

!±8± Facts About LED Bulbs

Comments on LED Lighting.

What They Are:

When electric current is passed across the junction of two dissimilar crystals light and heat is given off. This is the basis of Light Emitting Diodes (LED).

However if too much heat is created the crystals will break down and in practice this means that the power of an LED light is limited and that they will operate satisfactorily only below an ambient temperature of about 40 degrees C.

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As the current is increased more light and heat is generated but the current technology cannot dissipate unlimited heat and this limits the power of LED chips.

For replacement bulbs such as an MR16 the maximum power is 6 or 7 watts unless mechanical cooling such as a fan is used.

To get more power, a light fitting can be designed to use multiple LED's or with more elaborate heat sinks that are able to keep the LED chips cool. Our most powerful downlight is 25 watts.

Life of an LED

There are only a few companies making LED chips such as Cree, Osram, Phillips, etc and most LED light fittings and bulbs use chips from these manufacturers.

The chip manufacturers expect up to 100,000 hours life but this is reduced dramatically by the current applied to the chip.

350 milliAmps will give maybe 50,000 hours but higher wattage units may be applying 900 milliAmps and the life will be reduced to 20,000 hours. This is the theoretical time for the light output to decay to an unacceptable level, but unless the chip is damaged it will continue to emit light.

Brightness

This is where the LED story becomes confusing. The amount of light given off at a source is measured in Lumens, but the amount of light hitting a surface is depends on the distance between the light source and the surface and is measured in Lux.

The Led chips currently used can convert 1 watt into about 80 Lumen. Quite often the power lost in the driver is added to the lamp's rating so not all the watts going into the lamp are being converted to light. ie a "6 watt" lamp may only have 5 watts actually reaching the crystal. This is not always admitted so a more reliable measure of the brightness of the lamp is the lumens claimed.

For example MR16 halogen replacement lamps give off between 200 and 450 lumen. For comparison a 50 watt halogen lamp gives off 950 lumen. So however you package it a change form 50 watt halogen to 6 watt LED bulbs will not give the same amount of light in a room

However if the light output is focused into a narrow beam then the LED lamp can produce an area with same Lux as a halogen, so the claims that a 3 watt LED is equal to a 50 watt halogen are sort of true if you only want a one meter spot of light.

Use of LED's.

These are extremely useful in commercial applications where the high capital cost is offset by avoiding the cost of changing lamps and high hours usage gives excellent power savings. The payback time can be reasonably short.

For the home LED's are excellent for use in ambient lighting and garden lighting. They are ideal for stair wells, corridors, and to provide mood lighting in lounges and TV areas. The feedback is that the light quality is superior to halogen lamps Using LED bulbs in standard garden fittings can reduce the power used dramatically. A garden can be lit with less than 100 watts, so the garden or drive lights can be left on every night with the power use of one old style bulb. 5 watt LED bulbs can be fitted directly into existing fittings as the 12 volt wire wound transformers will supply the correct voltage. Only 5 watt is recommended as more power will overheat the bulbs in the watertight fittings and cause them to fail.


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